The 2 Best Pop Chat Podcast Episodes
1) Is Zoom Giving Us Body Dysmorphia?
We now have to spend hours looking at our faces in screens. The result? A noticeable uptick in plastic surgery, injectables, veneers... basically, all the ways we can change our faces. Is this reality...Show More
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"We now have to spend hours looking at our faces in screens. The result? A noticeable uptick in plastic surgery, injectables, veneers...basi...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Why Everyone Is Watching Squid Game
Netflix’s Squid Game is dominating the Netflix charts. How did this Korean dystopian drama become the talk of the internet? Plus: from Nine Perfect Strangers to Mare of Easttown, a lot of shows *look*...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Friday Wrap: The Bone Temple, The Traitors, Dragon's Den patty controversy
Elamin is joined by culture critics Marlon Palmer, Roxana Hadadi and CBC Entertainment reporter Jackson Weaver to discuss ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’, season four of the hit reality series, ‘The...Show More
4) How betting has infiltrated entertainment, and the tumultuous revamping of CBS
While sports and betting have always gone hand-in-hand, the gambling industry has started infiltrating all corners of the entertainment world, establishing a presence in everything from Golden Globes ...Show More
5) The Giller jury will be booksellers this year, and remembering Grateful Dead's Bob Weir
With The Giller Prize announcing that for the first time its jury will consist of seven booksellers and no authors, Elamin is joined by Another Story Bookshop manager Anju Gogia to react to the news, ...Show More
6) Why this Canadian orchestra is ditching NDAs in cases of sexual misconduct
One of Canada’s most prestigious orchestras is facing a moment of reckoning. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra says it will no longer use non-disclosure agreements in cases involving sexual misconduct....Show More
7) All the tea on this year's Golden Globes, and S4 of Industry
The 83rd Golden Globes were held in Los Angeles last night, providing an early gauge as to which films and actors have the momentum heading into Oscars season. Entertainment reporters Teri Hart and Ch...Show More
8) The Heated Rivalry Obsession
There has never been a bigger Canadian show than Heated Rivalry – and people everywhere are obsessed. Culture critics Cassandra Morann, Jason P Frank and Lainey Lui join Elamin to take stock of h...Show More
9) Are TV writers dumbing down the dialogue we hear on TV? And the CFNY radio doc
Are we in an era of insufferable TV dialogue? Screenwriter and show-runner Anthony Q. Farrell and culture writer Kathryn VanArendonk talk to Elamin about why writers are dumbing down dialogue, and wha...Show More
10) Nicky Minaj's turn towards Trump, and Adin Ross comes after Doechii
The new year kicked off with some big stories from the world of hip hop. There's the petition to have Nicki Minaj deported to Trinidad, Drake is facing a lawsuit over an alleged gambling scheme, ...Show More